A postdoctoral position in bioanalytical Raman spectroscopy is currently available. Several projects are under investigation, including detection of diagnostic markers, blood-based diagnostics, oligonucleotide-based capture assays, and microbiological analysis.

These projects involve close coordination with co-investigators at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. The candidate should have experience in one or more of the following areas: nanomaterials fabrication, Raman, IR, DNA surface chemistry, chemical imaging (IR/Raman), SERS, and/or multivariate statistical analysis.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham is one of the most comprehensive biomedical research universities in the US. UAB received $225 million in federal research funding from the National Institutes of Health during the 2014 fiscal year, which places the school 10th in NIH funding among public universities.

In 2013 UAB was named the "Best Place to Work for a Post-Doc” among US universities, according to a survey conducted by The Scientist magazine.

UAB prides itself on its commitment to post-doctoral training. Approximately 250 post-docs are currently employed in a variety of disciplines, and opportunities for professional development abound through the Office of Postdoctoral Education.